Meanwhile, several industries contracted such as
beverage production (down 2 percent), and chemical and chemical product
production (down 7.6 percent). Notably, timber processing along with wood and
bamboo product manufacturing nosedived 46.5 percent.

Hanoi recorded a growth rate of 8.03 percent
this year – a six-year high. The services sector grew by 8.1 percent while
industry-construction and agriculture respectively rose by 8.8 percent and 2.21 percent, data show.-VNA